Post by DC-Fan on Aug 12, 2018 3:46:04 GMT
MCU fans have often complained that I give low ratings to MCU movies. But it's not low ratings, it's accurate and honest ratings. Since the critics are always biased in favor of MCU and the critics refuse to give accurate and honest ratings for MCU movies, it's up to me to give accurate and honest ratings for MCU movies.
It's well-known that MCU movies have awful and contrived writing. If that was all, then my ratings for MCU movies wouldn't be so low. But the reason my ratings for MCU movies are so low is because this genre is "superhero movies" so movies in this genre should have true superheroes, yet in MCU movies, the so-called "superheroes" aren't true superheroes but just selfish assholes who time and time again put their own selfish wishes ahead of the greater good. For example:
Bruce Banner / Hulk
In The Incredible Hulk, Banner knows that Hulk is dangerous for civilians so Banner should've done whatever it takes to stay away from populated areas. Yet Banner goes to the university during the daytime even though he knows that he could turn into Hulk and if he does, he would be endangering the lives of many civilians.
"But Banner needed to get some information at the university" claim MCU fans.
If that's the case, then Banner could've just sent Betty Ross to get the information at the university. Or if Banner needed to get the information himself, then Banner could've gone to the university at night, when there would be fewer people around. But Banner puts his own selfish wishes ahead of the greater good and goes to the university during the daytime, when there are more people around, and thus unnecessarily endangered the lives of many civilians.
Then when General Ross and his soldiers show up, Banner should've done the right thing and surrendered so that he wouldn't turn into Hulk and endanger the lives of all those civilians at the university. But instead, Banner again makes the selfish choice by refusing to surrender, which results in him turning into Hulk. Even though General Ross' soldiers knew they were no match for Hulk, they knew that Hulk was a danger to all the civilians at the university so they had a duty to try to keep Hulk away from the civilians. Unfortunately, because they were no match for Hulk, Hulk brutally slaughtered many of them.
General Ross' soldiers weren't evil supervillains. General Ross' soldiers were just brave young men and women who signed up to serve their country and were just doing their duty trying to protect civilians from a dangerous monster like Hulk. But many of them were brutally slaughtered by Hulk even though they were no threat at all to Hulk and it could've all been avoided had Banner not put his own selfish wishes ahead of the greater good by going to the university during the daytime, when there would be plenty of civilians around.
Steve Rogers / Captain America
In Civil War, Cap's team recklessly chases Crossbones through a crowded market during daytime, resulting in Crossbones unleashing a bomb which Scarlet Witch caused to blow out the side of a building, killing many people in the building who wouldn't have been killed if not for the reckless actions of Cap's team. When police cause the death of innocent bystanders, IA always gets involved and the Chief and the Commissioner always have to answer to the Mayor about why it happened and what they need to do to prevent something like that from happening again. That's what oversight is.
Yet, Steve Rogers refused to agree to UN oversight of the Avengers after his team's reckless actions caused the deaths of many people because he's a selfish asshole who wants unlimited power without any oversight. POTUS is the most powerful person in the US, but the Founding Fathers made sure to put in checks and balances to prevent POTUS from having unlimited power like a Dictator. But Steve Rogers is such a selfish and power-hungry asshole that he wants unlimited power without any oversight, exactly like a Dictator.
Later in the movie, Bucky is chased by law enforcement on public streets. Any police officer can tell you that whenever a high-speed chase occurs on public streets, there's a good chance that either police or civilians could get seriously injured or killed. So Cap should've done the right thing and had Bucky surrender immediately rather than have a high-speed chase on public streets, where police as well as civilians could've gotten seriously injured or killed. But once again, Cap puts his own selfish wishes ahead of the greater good and endangers the lives of police and civilians.
Then after Bucky is arrested, he manages to escape. That forces law enforcement officers have to try to track him down and apprehend him. Well, there are a finite number of trained law enforcement officers. So if 25 law enforcement officers are assigned to work on tracking down and apprehending a wanted criminal like Bucky, that's 25 less trained law enforcement officers who are available to protect and serve the rest of the public from criminals.
So Cap should've done the right thing and brought Bucky in so that law enforcement wouldn't have to spend valuable manpower and resources to try to track down and apprehend a wanted criminal like Bucky and instead could use that manpower and resources to protect and serve the rest of the public from criminals. But once again, Cap puts his own selfish wishes ahead of the greater good.
"But Bucky is the victim here. Bucky was brainwashed." claim MCU fans.
1st, the "Bucky is the victim here" excuse is as pathetic as all the rapists and murderers who have tried to use the defense "I was abused as a child. I'm the victim." Gee, and I thought the victims were the people who were raped and murdered!
Bucky isn't the victim. The victims were Howard and Maria Stark, the 2 people whom Bucky brutally murdered.
2nd, if Bucky wants to claim that he was brainwashed, then he can surrender and have his lawyer argue that defense in court before a jury. If the Unabomber hadn't pled guilty and the Unabomber's best friend claimed that the Unabomber was Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity, should we just say "OK, we'll take your word for it that he's not guilty. He's free to go."?
No, it isn't up to the Unabomber's best friend to unilaterally decide if the Unabomber is guilty or not guilty due to mitigating factors. It's for a jury to decide. Likewise, it's not for Cap to unilaterally decide that his BFF Bucky is not guilty due to brainwashing. It's for a jury to decide.
A murder case wouldn't be "Howard and Maria Stark vs Bucky Barnes". A murder case would be "The People vs Bucky Barnes". Murder is a crime against the people. So the people should decide if Bucky is guilty or not guilty due to mitigating factors. But Cap didn't want the people to judge Bucky because Cap is a selfish and power-hungry asshole who believes that since the Avengers are more powerful than the rest of the people, the Avengers should unilaterally make the rules for the people to obey (like Dictators do) rather than be judged by and held accountable by the people.
Peter Quill / Starlord
In Infinity War, they had restrained Thanos and were just seconds away from removing the gauntlet off Thanos' hand and defeating Thanos and stopping Thanos' plan to kill more than half the universe. But Starlord puts his own selfish wishes ahead of the greater good and helps Thanos get free and keep the gauntlet. Since Thanos had already killed Gamora, Starlord's selfish actions wouldn't be able to bring Gamora back and thus served no purpose, other than to help Thanos get free and keep the gauntlet and eventually kill more than half the universe.
Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch
In Infinity War, she put her own selfish wishes ahead of the greater good and refused to sacrifice Vision to prevent Thanos from getting the last Infinity Stone, until it was too late.
"But it wasn't easy for her to sacrifice someone she loves" claim MCU fans.
Of course it isn't easy! If it was easy, then anybody could do it. But it isn't easy and that's why it takes a true and great hero to do it. Captain Kirk was faced with the exact same choice of saving the person he loved or saving millions of people. It was a really tough decision, but Kirk chose to put the greater good ahead of his own wishes. Wolverine was also faced with the exact same choice of saving the person he loved or saving millions of people. Wolverine chose to put the greater good ahead of his own wishes.
MCU's so-called "superheroes" time and time again choose to put their own selfish wishes ahead of the greater good. That's why I give low ratings to MCU movies. Because movies in a "superhero movies" genre should have true and great superheroes who put the greater good ahead of their own wishes, but MCU movies only have the opposite of that.
It's well-known that MCU movies have awful and contrived writing. If that was all, then my ratings for MCU movies wouldn't be so low. But the reason my ratings for MCU movies are so low is because this genre is "superhero movies" so movies in this genre should have true superheroes, yet in MCU movies, the so-called "superheroes" aren't true superheroes but just selfish assholes who time and time again put their own selfish wishes ahead of the greater good. For example:
Bruce Banner / Hulk
In The Incredible Hulk, Banner knows that Hulk is dangerous for civilians so Banner should've done whatever it takes to stay away from populated areas. Yet Banner goes to the university during the daytime even though he knows that he could turn into Hulk and if he does, he would be endangering the lives of many civilians.
"But Banner needed to get some information at the university" claim MCU fans.
If that's the case, then Banner could've just sent Betty Ross to get the information at the university. Or if Banner needed to get the information himself, then Banner could've gone to the university at night, when there would be fewer people around. But Banner puts his own selfish wishes ahead of the greater good and goes to the university during the daytime, when there are more people around, and thus unnecessarily endangered the lives of many civilians.
Then when General Ross and his soldiers show up, Banner should've done the right thing and surrendered so that he wouldn't turn into Hulk and endanger the lives of all those civilians at the university. But instead, Banner again makes the selfish choice by refusing to surrender, which results in him turning into Hulk. Even though General Ross' soldiers knew they were no match for Hulk, they knew that Hulk was a danger to all the civilians at the university so they had a duty to try to keep Hulk away from the civilians. Unfortunately, because they were no match for Hulk, Hulk brutally slaughtered many of them.
General Ross' soldiers weren't evil supervillains. General Ross' soldiers were just brave young men and women who signed up to serve their country and were just doing their duty trying to protect civilians from a dangerous monster like Hulk. But many of them were brutally slaughtered by Hulk even though they were no threat at all to Hulk and it could've all been avoided had Banner not put his own selfish wishes ahead of the greater good by going to the university during the daytime, when there would be plenty of civilians around.
Steve Rogers / Captain America
In Civil War, Cap's team recklessly chases Crossbones through a crowded market during daytime, resulting in Crossbones unleashing a bomb which Scarlet Witch caused to blow out the side of a building, killing many people in the building who wouldn't have been killed if not for the reckless actions of Cap's team. When police cause the death of innocent bystanders, IA always gets involved and the Chief and the Commissioner always have to answer to the Mayor about why it happened and what they need to do to prevent something like that from happening again. That's what oversight is.
Yet, Steve Rogers refused to agree to UN oversight of the Avengers after his team's reckless actions caused the deaths of many people because he's a selfish asshole who wants unlimited power without any oversight. POTUS is the most powerful person in the US, but the Founding Fathers made sure to put in checks and balances to prevent POTUS from having unlimited power like a Dictator. But Steve Rogers is such a selfish and power-hungry asshole that he wants unlimited power without any oversight, exactly like a Dictator.
Later in the movie, Bucky is chased by law enforcement on public streets. Any police officer can tell you that whenever a high-speed chase occurs on public streets, there's a good chance that either police or civilians could get seriously injured or killed. So Cap should've done the right thing and had Bucky surrender immediately rather than have a high-speed chase on public streets, where police as well as civilians could've gotten seriously injured or killed. But once again, Cap puts his own selfish wishes ahead of the greater good and endangers the lives of police and civilians.
Then after Bucky is arrested, he manages to escape. That forces law enforcement officers have to try to track him down and apprehend him. Well, there are a finite number of trained law enforcement officers. So if 25 law enforcement officers are assigned to work on tracking down and apprehending a wanted criminal like Bucky, that's 25 less trained law enforcement officers who are available to protect and serve the rest of the public from criminals.
So Cap should've done the right thing and brought Bucky in so that law enforcement wouldn't have to spend valuable manpower and resources to try to track down and apprehend a wanted criminal like Bucky and instead could use that manpower and resources to protect and serve the rest of the public from criminals. But once again, Cap puts his own selfish wishes ahead of the greater good.
"But Bucky is the victim here. Bucky was brainwashed." claim MCU fans.
1st, the "Bucky is the victim here" excuse is as pathetic as all the rapists and murderers who have tried to use the defense "I was abused as a child. I'm the victim." Gee, and I thought the victims were the people who were raped and murdered!
Bucky isn't the victim. The victims were Howard and Maria Stark, the 2 people whom Bucky brutally murdered.
2nd, if Bucky wants to claim that he was brainwashed, then he can surrender and have his lawyer argue that defense in court before a jury. If the Unabomber hadn't pled guilty and the Unabomber's best friend claimed that the Unabomber was Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity, should we just say "OK, we'll take your word for it that he's not guilty. He's free to go."?
No, it isn't up to the Unabomber's best friend to unilaterally decide if the Unabomber is guilty or not guilty due to mitigating factors. It's for a jury to decide. Likewise, it's not for Cap to unilaterally decide that his BFF Bucky is not guilty due to brainwashing. It's for a jury to decide.
A murder case wouldn't be "Howard and Maria Stark vs Bucky Barnes". A murder case would be "The People vs Bucky Barnes". Murder is a crime against the people. So the people should decide if Bucky is guilty or not guilty due to mitigating factors. But Cap didn't want the people to judge Bucky because Cap is a selfish and power-hungry asshole who believes that since the Avengers are more powerful than the rest of the people, the Avengers should unilaterally make the rules for the people to obey (like Dictators do) rather than be judged by and held accountable by the people.
Peter Quill / Starlord
In Infinity War, they had restrained Thanos and were just seconds away from removing the gauntlet off Thanos' hand and defeating Thanos and stopping Thanos' plan to kill more than half the universe. But Starlord puts his own selfish wishes ahead of the greater good and helps Thanos get free and keep the gauntlet. Since Thanos had already killed Gamora, Starlord's selfish actions wouldn't be able to bring Gamora back and thus served no purpose, other than to help Thanos get free and keep the gauntlet and eventually kill more than half the universe.
Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch
In Infinity War, she put her own selfish wishes ahead of the greater good and refused to sacrifice Vision to prevent Thanos from getting the last Infinity Stone, until it was too late.
"But it wasn't easy for her to sacrifice someone she loves" claim MCU fans.
Of course it isn't easy! If it was easy, then anybody could do it. But it isn't easy and that's why it takes a true and great hero to do it. Captain Kirk was faced with the exact same choice of saving the person he loved or saving millions of people. It was a really tough decision, but Kirk chose to put the greater good ahead of his own wishes. Wolverine was also faced with the exact same choice of saving the person he loved or saving millions of people. Wolverine chose to put the greater good ahead of his own wishes.
MCU's so-called "superheroes" time and time again choose to put their own selfish wishes ahead of the greater good. That's why I give low ratings to MCU movies. Because movies in a "superhero movies" genre should have true and great superheroes who put the greater good ahead of their own wishes, but MCU movies only have the opposite of that.